Ten Nights of Dreams (Yume jû-ya)

Ten Nights of Dreams (Yume jû-ya) (2006)

  • 80% of critics liked it
    (5 reviews)

  • 54% of users liked it
    (361 ratings)

Eleven Japanese filmmakers (including one duo) from all genres and backgrounds gather together under the Nikkatsu banner in order to realize the marvelous stories of novelist Soseki Natsume in this adaptation of the author's enduring episodic tome Ten Nights of Dreams. Each imaginative story takes… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 40 min.
Directed By
Yoshitaka Amano, Kon Ichikawa
Genres
Art House & International, Science Fiction & Fantasy
In Theaters
Oct 22, 2006 Wide
On DVD
Oct 14, 2008
Cinema Epoch

Critic Reviews

  • Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

    The filmmakers don't solve any riddles but rather pose them in richly varied ways: Ten Nights of Dreams is in the grand, exquisite tradition of the Japanese cinema of the supernatural.

  • Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times

    There's something in these Ten Nights for the dreamer in all of us.

  • Bill White, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

    Followers of the new Japanese cinema will enjoy getting an early look at new styles by emerging talents, but these are essentially student films that are not likely to be embraced by the casual moviegoer.

  • Stan Hall, Oregonian

    Looking for clear meaning and structured plots? Find another movie. If you're a fan of Asian-style cinematic wackiness, dig in.

  • Ernest Hardy, L.A. Weekly

    A sometimes terrifying, sometimes wildly amusing and occasionally flat interpretation of Soseki's tales by a who's who of Japanese filmmakers.

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  • Christopher B


    Beautiful, surreal, imaginative and funny Japanese omnibus based on novelist Soseki Natsume's book on dreams. 10 different directors (including Takeshi Shimizu!) interpret a dream with great success. They decided to make the film because the novel states that the riddle in the… More

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